The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution (1911)
Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, Seeley and co., limited · leaf 192
odels he mayhave seen of modern liners. The great drawback to theingenious device of partially filling a cross-ship sectionwith water, to deaden the momentum which a shipobtains when she rolls, lay in the fact that it wastedvaluable space, coupled with the fact that the presence ofloose water on…
Ships · Shipbuilding
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